Non-refillable bottle.



No. 64mm. Pafenied 1an. 2, |900. E. FREESE.

NON-REFILLABLE BDTTLE.

(Application filed Aug, 9, 1899.)

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EDYARD FltFlllSE, OF NEWY YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERMAN MNDIIEIM, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPEGIFICATZIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,461, dated January 2, 1900.

Application filed August 9, 1899. Serial No. 726,641.4. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, EDWARD Fnnnsn, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of New York city,countyand State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Non-Rellable Bottles, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to a nonrellable bottle of novel construction which constitutes a reliable safeguard against fraudulent refilling.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of my improved nonreiillable bottle, showing stopper' f seated; Fig. 2, a similar view with the stopper unseated; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of cap d; Fig. et, a cross-section on line 4 Ll, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of ring c; Fig. G, a cross-section on line G G, Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a longitudinal section of valve-chamber b, and Fig. S a plan ofthe same.

The letter A represents a bottle having a wide tubular neck A', in which is contained a lower valve-chamber b, an intermediate ring c, and an npper cap d. The valve-chamber l), Fig. 7, is seated upon an internal lia-nge A2 of neck A. It has a centrally-perforated bottoni b, internal ribs L?, and a contracted neck b3. The bottom b' constitutes the seat for a ball-valve e, having a depending stem e', which when pointing downward tends to draw the valve to its seat. The upper edge of valve-chamber ZJ is engaged by the upper flange c of ring c, Fig. 5, the body of which projects into the valve-chamber and has lateral inlet-orifices c2. The ring c has a tapering bore or valveseat adapted for the reception of a correspcndingly-tapered but slightly wider flexible stopper or plug f, arranged above the ring. Normally the plug plays loosely upon the upper liaring end of the ring; but when the plug is forced down in manner hereinafter described it will be compressed and jammed bodily into the ring, so as to permanently close the same.

The contracted neck b3 forms the seat for the cap d, Fig. 3, having a closed top d/ and lateral outlet-orifices d2. The ring c opens into this cap, and the latter is made of less exterior diameter than the interior diameter of neck A', so that an outlet A3 is formed between them. The parts i) and d are secured within the neck by a cement packing g.

The operation is as follows: When the bottle is in an upright position, the valve e and stopper' f are seated and close the dischargeorifices. When the bottle is tilted, the valve and stopper are unseated, and the liquid will be discharged as follows: throughY perforated bottom b', past the ribs b2 into chamber Z), thence inward through orifices c2 into ring c and past stopperfinto cap d, and thence out wardly through oriiices d2 into passage A3.

lf any liquid is forced into the bottle by the use of a vacuum-pump, the cork f will immediately upon the cessation of the suction be driven tightly into the ringe by atmospheric pressure. inasmuch as the stopper is inaccessible, owing to the closed top of cap d, any liquid thus introduced cannot be withdrawn, and therefore a lfraudulent refilling of the bottle is rendered impracticable.

What I claim isln a non-rellable bottle, the combination of a valve-chamber h, having internal ribbed valve-seat b2, with inclosed ball-valve e, a ring c, that projects into the valve-chamber and has lower inlet-oriiices, a wedge-shaped flexible plugf, engaging the upper flaring bore of the ring, and an upper cap d, having lateral dischargebrifices d2, substantially as specitied.

EDlVARD FREESE.

l/Vitnesses: f

HERMAN MNDHEIM, F. v. BrnnsnN. 

